Cardinals surprise neighborhood rival

8:22 PM,
Mar. 3, 2013

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Written by

Mark Schmetzer
Enquirer contributor

The joke shared by the Colerain and Northwest boys' basketball teams before the Northwest Local School District rivals played Sunday was they should have shared a bus to the game.

As close as that would have made the two teams, they were even closer on the court. Colerain's Cardinals couldn't breathe easily until senior guard Milton Davis made two free throws with 1.2 seconds left to clinch a 65-61 win over the Knights in their Division I sectional championship game at the University of Cincinnati's Fifth Third Arena.

"I just told myself to keep my elbow up and follow through," said Davis, ...